According to online posts, an auditor allegedly discovered the payments, which occurred just before the Obamas left the White House.

Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama brushed off recent divorce rumors on an episode of her podcast released Wednesday — and the former first lady asserted "there hasn't been one moment in our marriage where I thought about quitting my man.

Michelle Obama felt that she was doing the majority of the childrearing during her time in the White House with Barack, and she playfully let her husband know.

Barack and Michelle’s children, Sasha and Malia, grew up in the spotlight after their father was elected in 2008. Malia was just 10 years old at the time, while Sasha was 7, the youngest person to live in the White House since John F. Kennedy Jr.